Double collar for apparel



y 5, 1950 A. WETZLER 2,516,607

DOUBLE COLLAR FOR APPAREL Filed Dec. 31, 1948 2 Sheets-Sheet '1 fl q E vINVENTOR. ALV/N WEZZLE? A. WETZLE'R DOUBLE COLLAR FOR APPAREL July 25,1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Dec. 31, 1948 IN VEN TOR. ALVf/V WETZLE'A?ATJOIfzVES Patented July 25, 1950 2,516,607 DOUBLE COLLAR FOR APPARELAlvin Wetzler, New York, N. Y.

Application December 31, 1948, Serial No.

3 Claims.

My present invention relates to womens apparel and more particularly toa collar formation for a womans dress, blouse, or other outer garment soarranged that a plurality of alternately usable collars and styles areprovided with the alternately usable collars permanently attached to thegarment at all times.

Heretofore some attempts have been made, particularly in mens wear, toprovide for variation and modification of a garment such as a shirt byso arranging the shirt that a collar may be detachably and removablysecured thereto.

Attempts have also been made in various types of garments such asleather jackets to provide a protective fabric outer lining for thecollar in order to prevent contact of the cold leather with the neck ofthe user.

My invention, however, contemplates providing a womans garment such as ablouse with two permanently attached collars, one overlying the other.Preferably, the overlying collar will be larger in size and different instyle from the underlying collar. v

The overlying collar is so arranged and cut that after it becomeswrinkled or if a change is desired, it may be turned over and in,revealing the underlying fresh collar which may be of a different size.

By way of example, the overlying collar when used on a blouse may be ofthe shirtwaist type so that the collar may be worn open at the neck orclosed. The underlying collar may be of the Peter Pan type so that whenthe overlying collar is turned in and the button at the neck is closed,a blouse with a Peter Pan neckline is created.

Thus, in the case of women who go to business, the single blouse mayserve as a businesslike shirtwaist during business hours and may then beturned into a dressier blouse by turning in the overlying collar withoutthe necessity for a change of apparel.

The primary object of my invention, therefore, is the arrangement ofwomens outer apparel with two collars, one overlying and concealing theother, the overlying collar being adapted to be turned in to reveal theunderlying collar, while the overlying collar is then concealed.

Another object of my invention is the arrangement of the aforesaidcollars in such manner that when the overlying collar is turned in, nobunching, particularly at the back of the neck, will occur.

The foregoing and many other objects of my invention will becomeapparent in the following description and drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a front view of a blouse with my novel double collararrangement.

Figure 2 is a rear view of the blouse of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an upper front View of the blouse of Figure 1 worn as ashirtwaist with the shirte waist type collar exposed and covering theunderlying collar.

Figure 4 is a view showing the collar button of the blouse closed withthe overlying collar lifted up preliminary to being turned in and re.-vealing the underlying collar; in actual use, of course, the overlyingcollar will be turned up and in with the collar open to facilitate thisoperation. The collar is here shown closed in order better to illustratethe relationship.

Figure 5 is a view of the blouse of Figures 1 to 4 with the overlyingcollar turned in and the Peter Pan type collar being worn. t

Figure 6 is a vertical cross-sectional view through the upper end of thebluose back showing the manner in which the two collars are sewn in.

Referring to the figures, the blouse i0 is provided at its upper endwith two collars H and [2. The upper end of the material of the blouseH] at the neckline is reentrantly bent to form the hem l3.

Tab M which is an extension of the overlying collar 1 I extends upbetween the hem l3 and the blouse back Ill. Tab i4 is reentrantly bentto form the parallel tab IS. A row of stitching it through the upperportion of the back ill and the adjacent portions of tabs l4 and I5connects tabs i l and It to the blouse back.

The material of collar l'l between tab l5 and the visible part of collarH is folded to form the panel 20 in surface to surface engagement withthe upper end of the tab IS. The additional collar i2 is insertedbetween panel l5 and hem l3. Stitching 22 passes through the uppermostend of the blouse back in, the encased portion of collar l2 and theupper ends of tab l5 and panel 20 to connect the collar H to the blousewhileat the same time connecting collar l2 thereto and completing theneckline of the blouse. I The collars l2 and ll are, therefore,connected to the blouse in this manner. Collar i2 is folded down on theoutside of the blouse so that it lies against the back of the blouse.Collar ll is then folded over in the direction indicated by arrow 26 sothat it overlies collar 12 and extends on the back of the blouse aroundthe neckline.

Collar H has a natural soft roll over the top of the blouse,particularly by reason of the additional material provided by the upperends of tab l5 and panel '20.

As seen in Figures 1, 2, and 3, the collar I I when the blouse is wornas a shirtwaist overlies and conceals the collar l2. When the collar Itis 3 folded up and turned in the direction indicated by arrow 30 ofFigure 6, then as shown in Figures 4 and 5 the underlying Peter Pancollar 12 comes into view.

Collar I i may be worn with the blouse open as shown in Figure 1 orclosed as shown in Figure 3. Collar 12 should preferably be worn withthe blouse closed as shown in Figure. 5 in order to conceal the turnedin collar ll.

Therefore, collar 12 is Peter Pan shape of the type which will naturallybe worn closed by the user.

In order to prevent bunching when collar l l is turned in, the back ofcollar I! as shown in Figure 2 is indented or upwardly curvedat' 32 tofollow the shape of the neckline at the nape of the neck; thus, whencollar H is turned in there is no excess of material which will bunch atthe nape of the neck to produce an unpleasant appearance or anuncomfortable result. Collar 12 will lie naturally and will fit snuglyat the back.

Obviously, if the collar 12 is to be concealed when the collar H is wornoutside, then collar l2 musthave a similar notch at the area 32.

While. it is preferred that the two collars be so-designed that anactual style change will occur when collar H is turned in, the twocollars may be of; the same type and substantially of the same size withthe outercollar being only slightly bigger in dimension than theunderlying collar so that a. fresh collar may be brought into viewwithout a style change where that is required.

My invention does not contemplate having the underlying collar extendout beyond. the overlying collar since this would create a style and atype of wearing apparel not heretofore recognized in women's apparelexcept for an ornamental tiered appearance.

The essential element of my invention is, however, to make it possibleto produce a style change from one type of wearing apparel to anotherwithout requiring an actul change of clothing, and this is achieved byhaving the overlying collar completely conceal the underlying collar.

While I have specifically described and shown my novel collararrangement as applied to a blouse, it is obvious that the collararrangement may be'applied to any apparel of sufficiently thin materialso that the overlying collar may be turned in without causing bulkinessor bunching.

Thus, my novel collar arrangement may be ap plied'to-womens dresses,dickeys, housecoats, and other light weight appare In a preferred methodof manufacture, the two collars are stitched together at the necklinebefore insertion in the blouse; the composite double' collar is thensewn to the blouse neckline with suitable collar binding insubstantially the well knownmanner in which an ordinary collar is sewn'to the blouse.

If necessary, an additional button at the collar maybe provided spacedlaterally from the first button at the collar closing; the additional.button ls'con'cealedby the overlying collar when the latgiven a. shapesuch as a.

' of the collars at ter is in use. The said additional button serves asan appropriate closure for the underlying c01- lar when the overlyingcollar is turned in, thereby solely in connectio bodiments thereof.

with specific illustrative em- Since many variations and modificationsof my invention will" now be obvious to those skilled in the art, Iprefer to be bound not b the specific disclosures herein contained butonly by the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a. garment having a, neckline, a double collar comprising anunderlying collar and an overlying collar stitched to the neckline ofthe garment; the overlying collar covering and concealingthe underlyingcollar when the overlying collar is exposed, the overlying collar beingfoldable inwardly to lie in surface to surface engagement with the innersurface of the garment, the underlying collar thereafter comprising thevisible collar of the garment, the free edge portions the back of thegarment being recessed toward the neckline.

2. In a garment having a neckline, a double collar comprising anunderlying collar and an over ying collar stitched to the neckline ofthe Y garment; the overlying collar covering and concealing theunderlying collar when the overlying collar is exposed, the overlyingcollar being foldwith the inner surface of the garment, the

underlying collar thereafter comprising the visi'b-le' collar of thegarment; the free edge portion of the overlying collar at the back ofthe garment being recessed toward the neckline at the nape of p theneck, permitting the overlying collar when overlying collar stitched tothe neckline of the the garment.

garment; the overlying collar covering and concealing the at the front;the underlying collar being of substantially uniform Width at the sidesand front of ALVIN WETZLER.

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